What are the skills needed for you to be a leader in the competitive world of art and design?
At this interactive, day-long conference you will learn from speakers who have achieved success by taking risks, being flexible, developing a solid network and creating collaborative endeavors.
You will also have the opportunity to have invigorating conversations with students from other colleges and universities as well as women from the community.
SCHEDULE
9:00 am Registration and breakfast
9:30 am Welcome from President Cecelia Fitzgibbon & Keynote Speaker Dr. Natalie Nixon
10:15 am - 11:15 am Block One
1. Teamwork: The good, the bad, and the ugly – Danielle Rice, Julie Goodman Hawkins, Jean Brody
2. What Was I Thinking? How to make better decisions personally, professionally, financially, and artistically – Amy Leis
3. Stack Your Deck for Success: Lessons from a Game Graphic Designer – Brigette Indelicato ‘10
4. Creating Opportunities, from being chosen to choosing yourself – ChaCha Hudson
5. Life as Art – Wendy Liss ‘84
11:30 am - 12:30 pm (Block Two)
1. Be Moore You Workshop – Roslyn Pilla ‘92, Nicole (Nicci) Eisenhauer, Rana Walker
2. Stay True to You: A Guide to Self-Awareness, Leadership, & Personal Branding – Chrissie DiAngelus
3. Fearlessness: Advice and Perspective from a Tattoo Artist – Kelly Colligan ‘13
4. Feeling Salty Workshop – Carlee Myers ‘14
5. The Art of Negotiation: Setting Your Own Career Path – Stephanie Somers ‘89
12:30 pm Lunch
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm (Block Three)
1. Goddess Dance: Feminine Fire – Jude Huczko ‘83
2. Self-Actualization: Leadership Starts from Within – Sristi Chanda ‘17
3. Questions of Collectivism – Suzanne Seesman
4. Forging through the Fuzz and Frustration – Roni DeFalco ‘07
5. ArtTable Panel: Careers in the Art World: Finding Your Path – Cecelia Fitzgibbon, Justyna Badach, Shelley R. Langdale, Rebecca Rutstein, Rachel Zimmerman
3:00 pm Closing Reception
FEATURED SPEAKER – Dr. Natalie Nixon
"Natalie W. Nixon, Ph.D., is a hybrid thinker, comfortably synthesizing creative and analytical thought processes from design and business to arrive at innovative opportunities. A practitioner and researcher of design thinking, she has 15 years of experience as an educator on the secondary and university levels and worked in the fashion industry as an entrepreneurial hat designer as well as in apparel sourcing for The Limited Brands in Sri Lanka and Portugal. Nixon’s research and consulting interests are in integrative strategic design, [Natalie Nixon Book - Strategic Design Thinking] experiential service design and applying strategies from the fashion industry to a range of sectors, utilizing style as a competitive advantage in order to build brand distinction. Nixon is certified by the National Charrette Institute at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design to lead charrette trainings; she uses the charrette methodology to lead ideation, opportunity finding and consensus building for a range of organizations.
Nixon earned a BA (cum laude) from Vassar College with a double major in Anthropology and Africana Studies; an MS in Global Textile Marketing from Philadelphia University; and a Ph.D. in Design Management from the University of Westminster, London."
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